About the Role
The Assistant Vice President within Arch Construction is responsible for the technical underwriting and account management of large account construction casualty programs.
Responsibilities
- Solicits and reviews new and renewal account information required to evaluate a risk.
- Identifies all potential exposures and hazards in relation to coverage requested and individual risk characteristics.
- Assesses insurance and related financial risk and structures appropriate loss sensitive program to effectively protect against frequency, severity, catastrophic and credit risk.
- Engages other internal resources as necessary.
- Underwrites prices and prepares proposals based on objective and subject risk characteristics, input of internal resource team, existing product set and regulatory filings.
- Prepares final quotation/proposal and presents to producer and/or prospective insured.
- Coordinates all administrative duties related to existing and prospective accounts.
- Quarterbacks all post bind activities including policy production, compliance issues, audits and adjustments, legal agreements, receipt of collateral, legal agreement execution, TPA coordination and any other related items.
- Takes responsibility to deliver promised service to customers.
- Responsible for the renewal and retention management and manages the renewal process to achieve targeted retention and price change goals.
- Initiates, coordinates and conducts a mid term account review.
- Develops and maintains relationships with producers and insured’s to achieve overall productions and profitability goals.
- Meets with producers and insured’s to discuss individual account issues, uncover critical customer needs and financial buying characteristics.
- Develops a strategic plan for positioning and selling Arch at both the producer and the insured level.
- Engages and introduces other team members or management team as appropriate.
- Develops and maintains relationships with producers to generate a flow of qualified submissions.
- Responsible for all underwriting and policy file documentation.
- Completes ad hoc projects as assigned by management personnel.
Requirements
- Seven plus years of underwriting experience and/or seven plus years experience in the construction industry and/or insurance industry.
- Established broker relationships within the Western Region would be ideal.
- Frequent travel throughout the Western Region with an estimated overnight travel schedule of 20% per month.
Skills
- Understanding and knowledge of the intent, scope and purpose of the Workers Compensation, General Liability, Automobile coverage forms and endorsements with the ability to tailor to the sold program design.
- Thorough understanding of all loss sensitive programs including products, pricing, expensing, actuarial loss projecting techniques, retention and aggregate setting, limit profiles, ALAE, and effective utilization of facultative reinsurance.
- Understanding and knowledge of exposure identification and analysis.
- Cross functional generalist knowledge of other disciplines including claims, risk control, audit, premium accounting, finance and legal.
- Knowledge of regulatory and compliance issues.
- Knowledge of Arch’s product set.
- Excellent communication skills – written, verbal and presentation.
- Sales and Negotiation skills.
- Ability to provide leadership and support to other team members.
- Ability to perform multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Ability to influence without authority.
- Willingness to work in a collaborative and team environment.
- Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel, Work, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
Location
- Western Region
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Assistant Vice President
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent training required.
- CPCU or other similar designation a plus.
Salary/Compensations
- For San Francisco, CA: $144,100 - $223,700/year
- For Phoenix, AZ: $114,800 - $178,200/year
Benefits
- Multiple medical plans plus dental, vision and prescription drug coverage.
- Competitive 401k with generous matching.
- PTO beginning at 20 days per year.
- Up to 12 paid company holidays per year plus 2 paid days of Volunteer Time Offer.
- Basic Life and AD&D Insurance as well as Short and Long-Term Disability.
- Paid Parental Leave of up to 10 weeks.
- Student Loan Assistance and Tuition Reimbursement.
- Backup Child and Elder Care.
About the Company
- With a company culture rooted in collaboration, expertise and innovation, we aim to promote progress and inspire our clients, employees, investors and communities to achieve their greatest potential.
- Our work is the catalyst that helps others achieve their goals.
- In short, We Enable Possibility℠.
- Arch Capital Group Ltd. is a Bermuda-based specialty insurer that provides insurance, reinsurance and mortgage insurance on a worldwide basis.
- With a 20+-year track record of delivering results and a coveted position on the S&P 500 index, Arch is a great place to grow your career.
Equal Opportunity
- Arch is committed to helping employees succeed through our comprehensive benefits package.
- Arch Insurance Group Inc.
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